Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-12-01

"Then, wny did you both blush 50 ~anl
eciously whom vour Cyss WcN nayVf aav
man 40 tistushcA se no was when he
caugs,t sieht st you.m
] a sa8ht flush suffuscd tho face Of M
tniio, ns shc answered.
II wasn't aware that no waa disturbed,
II so, 1t may have been NJ lNdmf himself
the cynosuro Of ntarlng Bair n Syes,
was simply ANNOYED " hiding myself
caught gazing 40 p0ldiy at an cntiro stran.
pcNn
"ghat may be true in your case, but Ger.
tainly not In his. No strange man ever yet
could be 80 visihiy embarrassed as no vi
hnding himself the objective point ~ A
pretty woman's cyc,n replied the .wisd
Lydia, with Soloinoasiike air 'y3d thcya,
my dear yCN'i0 entirely wttihS, Enow.r
"Noa mag Spst bet SA mat, ma chere,n said
the isropres@iole Richard, sotio uoce from
abovA
| "And," continued shc, ITO tell the truth
you and have no secrets, you lsnow--Im q
little curious as to the history Of tho fellow
myself
Hero sho eiyly bent her head down and sc
amincd her boot Gov A moment "Ahd I'm
going 10 amuse mSstit Wy studying him a
triilo THAI hy-eway, Dick Oxford Dick
mado wry face and remarked asidc'
T" Thank you ma'amn-" says no = Ui noble
birth and can trace his ys;aagc back to Lord
Fairfax; that nc Is a gentleman Of leisure
but, fro'E a feeling Of duty, has accepted a
| very high position In some department Of
Government
MAY God forgive rao for that whorperia
muttercd the pcnitential pick "a himself.
Butt he added, alphabetically, "he Ger
taiuly IA not " tyAoble birth, and I do bc-
lievc hc "a a descendant Of the old Fairfaxcs.
No Is gentleman Of leisure at piesent. at
least, until school-tcaching begins. And I'm
sure II was y feeling Of duty uo himself, IN
save himself from cmigrating 20 the ndor-
h0usc) that led him 10 Accept o high POSITION
In the department of taaverhlncnt- ahem .
Of q SGT Of spoiled youngsters. SO that lies
not so bad Uitcr all, :" added he, with a feel
| ing Of comfort
"But, at any ratc,n continued Lvdin,
whatever his position, or from whom de.
scended, he has interested mo "a few net
have
Ino imaginative btsk thought he could
| perceive . shade OF jealousy creep up tho
Prineesa' back hair and spread itself over
Dor nat But he could not see her face, for
she bent more lowly over her work aud
vouchsafed not o word in ruplv
"Now just look ~ thatln neaitated Dick
| aANi' tAiA NNAnA w ANN VI love WIN tNat
detestablo lydia and to have her fall IA
love with me, been trying these hundreds
OF years more, or lcss"- hc added. half
explanatoriy-'0Nd il don't work worth a
fig. Aleog comes this peuniless Yankee -
conioGnd the dog can't help admiring
mm-and scoops in, not only Lydia, bu; that
irlgid German iceberg, without the Bllghtest
effort, or apparent intention, even. tiena
It ALI l can't SEQ how he does %; sdli he
| did look deucodly well last highln
Here Natald began LcmmiaT ? s'r,in
from tho "Addio" Lydia interrupted her
with:
'How he started when you struck INTO
that song, last night And I thought I
heard him say; 1t points my fater
Natalie laid down her palette and brush.
md leaning back N her chair, turned her
face curiohsly toward Lydia. saying:
"Do You know that is very strange! The
moment saw his face, that song, which had
been haunting me more or loss tluriag the
entire evening, as associated with my lost
knife, flashed arlOss inc with rcdoublcd
energy, II seemed to tell his history and
tate. Now you say those were his own
words. Curious, is il not.''